Blue Mesa Review 12
Voicing the Silence

Outcomes Beth Goldner
Intima Luisa Igloria
The Prodigal Son, for Whom Summer is a Verb Dionisio D. Martinez
Quiet Ambulances John Michael Cummings
Letter to Mirta Yanez Orlando Ricardo Menes
Listen George Staley
Frog Lunacy Virgil Suarez
A Reading Knowledge of Love Alexa Selph
Unifinished Spaces Alexa Selph
Riptide Julie Mars
Home Late Thomas Babayan
Traditional Stuff Steven B. Sexton
The Thief of Santa Ines D. Kastinovich
Hair Orlando Ricardo Menes
Guajiro Orlando Ricardo Menes
It's Cheaper to Live in the Dark Ladette Randolph
Paper Lotus Louisa Ingloria
Kierkegaard's Fable Louisa Ingloria
Electric Storm Louisa Ingloria
I Hope I Am A Hologram T.R. Hull
Samplers Betty Greenway
Betrayal Walter Bargen
Soup Christopher Essex
right here where my finger is Gavin Hicks
the gentleman caller wonder syncratic polarity no bother Gavin Hicks
her lulling hands Gavin Hicks
The Colt Christine Hale

Essay
The Twilight Zone and American Society in the Long 1950's:
The Birth of Postmodernism M. Keith Booker

Winner
1999-2000 Graduate Student Poetry Contest Kate Smith